Posted by Adam Quinan on June 08, 2002 at -1:30:28 from 66.185.85.76 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Reading PD; A historian is needed posted by andy clayton on June 07, 2002 at 15:19:08:
A quick scan of Google showed that the act of beheading was not always a simple and quick death. Many tales of multiple attempts are described. Its hard to tell which flower of English chivalry Titty was thinking of.
Mary, Queen of Scots, had to put up with three hacks but lucky Anne Boleyn had a specially brought in French headsman who managed it in one blow with a sword.